Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-265) and index.
Contents:
Preface: facade ... foundation -- Introduction. Vision and its doubles -- Pt. I. Projection and introjection -- 1. New Yorkers -- 2. Brunelleschi and Le Corbusier: photograph and snapshot -- 3. Brunelleschi and Le Corbusier: image and field -- Pt. II. Perspective, the mirror stage of space -- 4. The origins of perspective: reading Manetti -- 5. The origins of perspective: Brunelleschi's mirror -- 6. Intercession: a repetition on the gaze and voice of Brunelleschi -- Pt. III. Space and its object -- 7. Desire, position, opacity and death in the visual field -- 8. Space and the drives: the Parthenon and Le Corbusier -- Conclusion: the death of space.
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